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Ok, I wanted to make this thread simply due to some odd information and mix-ups I have been seeing around here involving the drying and curing process.
Despite what they claim, I don't really beleive there is a better way for the average grower to deal with their final product.
You can claim Dry Ice cures, or water cures, or your mom's food dehydrator, or WHATEVER cures your bud the best, but today, on this thread, no one is disputing that. I am simply spelling out a way for people to enjoy their hard work using the tried and true Dry and Jar method.
There are many personal variations of how to "properly" do this. This is just mine, feel free to add your own!
Ok, It's Harvest Day! After much jubilation, gather your supplies! You are going to need some good scissors (no wuss scissors people, these have to true grit! ) , Something to trim over (ie Newspapers, plastic, a tarp, you get it?), and some twine or fishing line.
Trim your buds of all leaves that aren't worth keeping. Yes you can leave on the leaves covered in crystals! So long as they aren't in abundance (As in half bud, half leaves per nug) they are fine with me! You can throw your waste leaves away or save em' for hashmaking or cannabutter.
Get your twine and hang it like a clothesline. Now you need to hang your buds on the line. You can find a way to clip the buds to the line, hang em', tie em' whatever. Let your buds dry (with the help of a fan if you like) on the line until the stems "SnaP" when you bend them. This may take over a week, but to preserve to flavors and appearance of our precious nugs it is well worth it.
You have waited 8 to 10 weeks for these buds, and you want to start rushing things now?
After your buds are good and dried it's time to seal them in Mason jars; every day you should take off the lid of the jar for ten minutes and rotate the buds. Your buds are ready for smoking (as in can be smoked) but it is in your best interest to wait. The longer you wait the tastier and smoother your buds will become.
Whenever you DO smoke your buds, always, always use a CLEAN pipe, otherwise why did you bother to cure it in the first place?
Hope this helps, if more threads like these are made maybe it will put an end to some misinformation around here
If anyone has any other variations to THIS type of method post em here. Oh yeah, Pics too